PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tin Jones (ranked 25305 p4p, 4278 weight class) and Logan Paul (ranked 763 p4p, 556 weight class). Logan Paul has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Paul

190 cm
25
198
0 - 2 - 0

194 cm
25
215
1 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tin Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Logan Paul!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones sets himself, and Paul steps forward looking for the clinch! Jones avoids it this time.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paul wants to counter with a clinch but Jones pushes him away.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Paul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Paul.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paul paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones wants to clinch up but Paul keeps it at a distance.
Jones tries to clinch there but Paul circles away.

Paul has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Paul is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Paul into the ropes.
Paul displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Paul is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Paul tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Paul slows down the pace here.
Paul is trying to break free.
Paul misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Jones prevents Paul from breaking the clinch.
Paul tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones prevents Paul from breaking the clinch.
Paul wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Paul.
Paul misses with a knee to the head.
Paul can't break the clinch.
Paul looking to slow down the pace here.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Paul blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Paul dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paul throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Paul tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paul smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jones wants to clinch up but Paul keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Paul circles away.
Paul is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Jones forces Paul back against the ropes and clinches.
Paul is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones keeps control of Paul as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paul has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paul is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Paul blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Paul looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paul's efforts to push away.
Paul is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Paul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Paul is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Paul.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Paul is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paul working hard to break the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jones misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tin Jones dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jones has Paul up against the ropes in a clinch.
Paul tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.

Paul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones wants to clinch.

Paul drives through and clinches with Jones against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paul is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Paul can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Paul tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paul wants to break the clinch but can't.
Paul is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Paul, against the ropes.
Paul is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paul's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Paul wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paul has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Paul has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Paul lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paul is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones working aggressively here.
Paul is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tin Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Paul is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jones prevents Paul from breaking the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tin Jones.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Logan Paul!